Waitrose confirms Bristol distribution centre deal

By Liza Helps, Property Editor, Logistics Matters

THE PROPERTY totalling 360,926 ft2 will serve as the retailer’s fifth regional distribution centre and is set to be operational by autumn 2026. Logistics Matters reported the deal in June this year.

It will enhance delivery efficiency to approximately 50 existing Waitrose stores across the south west, while also offering the capacity to support future store openings.

Waitrose Supply Chain Director Alison Maffin said: “This multi-million-pound investment is an important step in modernising our supply chain and setting us up to build the capacity needed for our growth plans. It will also enable us to better serve our customers in the region, more efficiently supply our existing shops and reduce our operating costs and carbon emissions.

Waitrose expects that once operational, the site will help it cut supply chain emissions by 2,225 tonnes of CO2 per year, contributing to its goal of becoming fossil fuel free by 2030 and net zero carbon by 2035.

The property has been rated BREEAM Outstanding and holds an EPC A+ certification. Its roof is equipped with 1,200 solar panels, generating 625 kVA of power, supported by 118 kW of Tesla battery storage. Designed with sustainability and employee wellbeing in mind, Mountpark Bristol 360 includes features such as a roof terrace, landscaped gardens, and extensive ribbon glazing to maximise natural light to the warehouse marshalling areas. 

Strategically located with direct access to the M49, M4, M5 and key regional freight corridors, Mountpark Bristol 360 will play a central role in servicing Waitrose’s future ambitions. The retailer is working on plans to open new convenience and full-line stores throughout the UK. Last month, it announced that a shop will be built at Brabazon in north Bristol, which is expected to open in 2027, and later this year a new convenience store will open in The Arches, Bristol.

Joint letting agents were Colliers, DTRE and JLL.